National Minorities and Border Regions

CONTENTS

About the ECMI Summer School ...... 3

The Project ”Raising Awareness on Border Regions Conflict Dynamics” ...... 4

About the Venues ...... 5

Programme ...... 6

Speakers ...... 10

Participants ...... 21

Organizing Team ...... 28

Weekend Programme ...... 29

Group Projects ...... 31

Impressions from the Summer School 2012 ...... 33

Contact Details ...... 33

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WELCOME TO THE ECMI SUMMER SCHOOL “NATIONAL MINORITIES AND BORDER REGIONS”

19-29 AUGUST, 2013 FLENSBURG, GERMANY

ABOUT THE ECMI SUMMER SCHOOL

ABOUT THE COURSE: The annual National Minorities and Border Regions Summer School, an intensive two-week programme of postgraduate-level study in national minorities and border regions studies, will be held between the 19th and 29th of August in Flensburg, Germany.

WHY PARTICIPATE? The ECMI Summer School aims to set out the conceptual and normative approaches for the study of national minorities in border regions and to explore their different applications in relation to current arrangements across Europe. The project will enable participants to exchange academic views and the practical experience from the field. The 10 days training aims at updating the scientific discourse but also at inspiring practitioners and enhancing their capacities through the established cooperation network. By the end of the summer school, the students will be able to critically evaluate the institutional successes and failures regarding the accommodation of minority groups along the border regions of the European states. Upon completion of the Summer School, the participants will be awarded a certificate at the diploma ceremony in Flensburg Mayors Office by the city preside. ECMI headquarters and the ECMI regional offices in Kosovo and Georgia will further support participants in developing their research, activities and initiatives.

WHO IS THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR? Junior scholars, practitioners, young and outstanding representatives of academia, media, NGO sector, public officials, and professionals from the ethnically diverse and conflict sensitive regions from all over the world.

HOW IS IT STRUCTURED? The activities during the 10 day project include:  24 lectures of the prominent scholars from 17 European institutions;  2 workshops and movie screening on Conflict management and its further discussion;  2 panel discussions with the local politicians in German Danish border region;  3 workshops and the presentations on conflict dynamics in their regions (real cases for brainstorming)  Social activities: introductory dinner and reception, trip to the island of Föhr, guided tour in Flensburg.

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English

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THE PROJECT ”RAISING AWARENESS ON BORDER REGIONS CONFLICT DYNAMICS”

ABOUT THE PROJECT: As a part of the Summer School programme, the project “Raising awareness on border regions conflict dynamics” will address the issue of tensions and ethnic diversity management in border regions as a conflict resolution mechanism. The focus will fall on exploring in a comparative perspective positive and negative examples of minority/majority relations throughout Europe as a model for addressing the challenges to democracy in the conflict-sensitive regions as the Caucasus and Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Highlighting the positive examples as a successful cooperation and conflict resolutions, and discussing the conflict dynamics in various border regions in Europe, the project will enable participants to exchange academic views and the practical experience from the field. The training aims at updating the scientific discourse but also at inspiring practitioners and enhancing their capacities through the established cooperation network.

AIM OF THE PROJECT: The project aims at inspiring, encouraging and empowering of the young and outstanding representatives of academia, media, NGO sector, public officials, and professionals from the ethnically diverse and conflict-sensitive regions (Eastern and South Eastern Europe and Caucasus). Participation at the Summer School will enable them to advance their academic knowledge on conflict resolution, ethnic diversity management and the border regions, will provide them with insight for analyzing challenges from a comparative perspective and will enable them to establish a platform for networking, knowledge and experience sharing. ECMI headquarters and the ECMI regional offices in Kosovo and Georgia will further support participants in developing their research, activities and initiatives.

PARTICIPANTS: The project will involve 7 participants from Eastern and South Eastern Europe and 7 from the Caucasus region. The participants are the outstanding young professionals from East/South East Europe and Caucasus, with strong interest in conflict resolution and minority rights.

The project is funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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ABOUT THE VENUES

FLENSBURG: The 700-year-old trading and harbor town of Flensburg is the most northern town in Germany and with its population of 96,000 the third largest town in the federal state of Schleswig- Holstein. Situated directly on the Danish border at Flensburg Fjord, it is considered a gateway to Scandinavia and the entire Baltic region. The idea of a united Europe has already been realized here: German and Danish minorities live in peace on both sides of the border. This is the main reason why ECMI is located exactly here. For a long time Flensburg has been well-known as a Rum Town: in the vaults of a former warehouse you can find the only rum museum in Germany. Each year in May Flensburg plays host to the Rum Regatta, a major event for historic sailing ships accompanied by a large harbor festival. From the local Natural History Museum to the Phänomenta Science Centre, Flensburg has a lot of culture to offer. The folk museums in barns and windmills, the castles and Federal State Museum in Schleswig document the past of this northern, cross-cultural zone. The Schleswig Holstein Music Festival (classical) and the FolkBaltica festival attract international artists and visitors from all over the world.

KOMPAGNIETOR Located on beautiful harbor of Flensburg, the Kompanietor was built in the years from 1602 to 1604. It is one of the most beautiful of the historic architectural monuments in Flensburg, and served for many years as the meeting place for the association of sea captains (Schiffergelag). The aldermen of the Schiffergelag had the duties of collecting taxes from the ships staying in the port during winter, taking care of dredger work in the port, in addition to overseeing ship repairs, and also were responsible for certain judicial matters pertaining to seafaring. In 1873, the Naval Court met for the first time in the large room in the Kompagnietor, which since then has been known as the Seeamtsaal. Nowadays it is even possible to have marriage ceremonies in the Seeamtsaal. Since 1996 ECMI is located in Kompagnietor.

UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG Relatively new University of Flensburg is renowned in Northern Germany and Southern Denmark for its innovative and international character. It offers BA, MA and PhD programmes in various areas of studies, such as social education sciences, economics and environmental studies. The strong and successful cooperation with the University of Southern Denmark enriches not only the study options, but adds an intercultural flavor to the university’s atmosphere. It is another great example of border region success stories.

The Campus territory is compact, located close to the city center and offers all the needed facilities, as well as leisure activities. The Summer School is hosted by the University marking the cooperation with the ECMI.

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PROGRAMME

MONDAY, 19 AUGUST 2013 Welcome Location: ECMI (Kompagnietor)

14:00-14:15 Welcome Note by the Director, Tove H. Malloy 14:15-15:00 Keynote by the Chairman of ECMI 15:00-16:00 Keynote by Jennifer Jackson Preece, LSE 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-18:30 City Tour 19:00-22:00 Welcome Dinner at Café Central

TUESDAY, 20 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Introduction Location: Till lunch at Campus, afterwards at ECMI

09:00-10:30 David Galbreath, University of Bath European Minority Rights Regime and Europe’s Borderlands 10:30-10:50 Coffee Break 10:50-12:20 Giorgi Sordia, ECMI Caucasus European Minority Rights Law 12:20-13:20 Lunch 13:20-13:40 Transfer to ECMI by bus 14:00-15:30 Keynote by Alexander Chvorostov, CEASS 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break 16:00-17:30 Annelies Verstichel, KU Leuven Minority Participation (Legal aspects) 17:30-19:00 Reception

WEDNESDAY, 21 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Minority Participation Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Andreea Carstocea, ECMI Minority Participation 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Zora Popova Ownership of minority rights and participation 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Niamh Ni Bhroin, University of Oslo Participation by Minority Language Users in Social Media 15:30-17:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:30 Panel Discussion: Minority Participation in Border Region Moderator: Alexander Osipov, ECMI

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THURSDAY, 22 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Tension Borders Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Hanna Vasilevich, ECMI Belarus- Lithuanian – Polish Borderland 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Alexander Osipov, ECMI Estonian-Russian Borderland 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Tatyana Dronzina, University of Sophia Case: Turkey-Bulgaria 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:30 Scott Jones, Mind the Gap Workshop on Conflict Management

FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Conflict Borders Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Hans Georg Heinrich, ENRI Borders, Minorities and Conflicts: The Balkan Area 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Forrest Kilimnik, ECMI The Political Forge of Independence: The Role of Ruling Elite in South Ossetia’s Movement for Self-Determination 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Lars Burema, Jeremie Zeitoun, ECMI Kosovo Case of Northern Kosovo 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:30 Interactive Workshop on Northern Kosovo case, ECMI Kosovo

SATURDAY, 24 AUGUST 2013 Trip to the island of Föhr

SUNDAY, 25 AUGUST 2013 Free day (Please see the suggestions on Pg.30)

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MONDAY, 26 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Danish-German Border Region Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Adrian Shäfer-Rolffs, University of Hamburg Minority Participation in German-Danish border region 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Michael Schack, IHK Flensburg Economy in the Border Region 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Jan Diedrichsen, FUEN International Minority Mobilization 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:30 Panel Discussion: Young People and Politics Moderator: Jørgen Kühl, ECMI Executive Board

TUESDAY, 27 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Language Borders Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Kiryl Kascian, University of Bremen Minority Language Rights 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Zoltan Kantor, Research Institute on Hungarian Communities Abroad Hungary/Slovakia: Hungary’s Kin-State Politics After 2010 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Jernej Zupančič, University of Ljubljana Slovenia and Its Borderlands: Living with the Borders 16:00-16:30 Coffee break 16:30-18:00 Movie Screening presented by Osama Salem, University of Flensburg Joint event with UniFL /SDU Summer School Participants

WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Autonomy Borders Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Sarah Stephan, the Aland Islands Peace Institute Continuity and Change in Autonomy Arrangements – The Aland Example 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Sergiu Constantin, EURAC The Autonomy of South Tyrol: From Conflict to Self-governance and Power Sharing 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:00 Group Work 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:30-17:30 Group Work

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THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 2013 Topic of the day: Autonomy Borders (Continuation) Wrapping up Location: Campus

09:00-10:30 Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez, University of Deusto The Case of Basque Countries 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Group presentations 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Group Presentations 15:30-15:45 Evaluations 15:45-18:00 Free Time 18:00-20:00 Diploma Ceremony and Drinks (meeting point: ECMI at 17:30)

Photo: Kompagnietor, ECMI Location

Photo: Univerity of Flensburg, Campus Location (HG-Main Building)

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SPEAKERS

MS. NIAMH NI BHROIN UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Niamh Ní Bhroin is a Business and Information Technology from PhD Candidate at the Dublin City University and a BSc in University of Oslo, Communication: Film and Broadcasting Norway. Her PhD from the Dublin Institute of Technology. project explores what Prior to commencing her PhD project in social media mean to March 2011, Niamh worked as a Policy users of the Northern Officer and a Contract Awards Officer for Sámi and Irish the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (2006- languages. 2011). During this time, she was appointed The project aims to contribute to a broader as Secretary to the Irish Language understanding of the importance of social Development Committee. The objective of media for the protection of linguistic this committee was to explore how the Irish diversity. Niamh is also a board member of language could be promoted on commercial the Centre for Research on Media and community radio stations in Ireland. Innovations at the Department of Media and She was also appointed as Secretary to the Communication, University of Oslo, and a statutory Contract Awards Committee that member of the AoIR (Association of reviewed applications for new broadcasting Internet Researchers) Ethics Committee. contracts. Ms. Bhroin has an MSc in Communication:

MR. LARS BUREMA ECMI KOSOVO Mr. Burema began Burema has a longstanding interest in post- working with ECMI conflict development, which he has explored Kosovo in September through work and study. Previously, Mr. 2008. He has been Burema has co-authored the study “Eyes responsible for the Wide Shut? The Impact of Embedded development of the Journalism on Dutch Newspaper Coverage Ethnopolitical Map of of Afghanistan”. He has a Master’s Degree Kosovo and managed the in ‘Conflict, Security and Development’ Decentralisation Project for over two years. from King’s College London and a BA in Currently, he is managing ECMI Kosovo’s Social Science from University College project on the legal empowerment of Utrecht. vulnerable and marginalized groups. Mr.

DR. ANDREEA CARSTOCEA ECMI FLENSBURG Dr. Andreea Carstocea practice-oriented projects on policies and assists in the Justice and institutional arrangements for minority Governance cluster by participation to public life, focusing in Developing and particular on non-territorial autonomy and implementing research and representative and consultative institutions.

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Andreea recently obtained her PhD from the Politics’ at the School of Slavonic and East School of Slavonic and East European European Studies, University College Studies, University College London. Her London, as well as the seminars for the thesis analysed the effects of ‘ethno- course ‘Ideas, Ideologies, and Conflicts’ at business’ (a series of unexpected effects of Goldsmiths College, University of London. the post-1990 public policies for the Prior to embarking on her PhD, Andreea protection of national minorities inRomania) worked as civil servant for the Department on the political representation of national for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian minorities. During her PhD she taught the Government. seminars for the course ‘Introduction to

DR. ALEXANDER CHVOROSTOV CEASS Dr.Alexander Chvorostov Consulting experiences include services for is an experienced the international organizations World Bank, sociologist and research UNDP and UNEP, DFID and DRC (UK), manager with an TACIS projects, Regional Environmental extensive international Center (Budapest), as well as various teaching, research and governmental institutions in Russia (Federal consulting practice since Ministries of Nature Protection, Education, early 1990s. Social Security) and in Austria (Federal He has been teaching Ministry for Social Security, Generations various undergraduate and post-graduate and Consumer Protection, Government of courses in Sociology in a number of Burgenland). Dr. Chvorostov has worked as universities in Moscow, Prague and Vienna. an academic consultant to the George Soros Research practice embraces the fields of Foundation (OSI-Open Society Institute), social transition, educational and social World Bank projects, as well as coordinated policies, and comparative studies of EU and a series of FP5, FP6 and INTAS projects. accession countries as well as CIS countries.

MR. SERGIU CONSTANTIN EURAC Sergiu Constantin is the Directorate for Legislation of the researcher within the Department for Protection of National Institute for Minority Minorities of the Romanian Government. Rights of the European His research interests are related mainly to Academy of legal protection of national and ethnic Bolzano/Bozen (South minorities, Central and South Eastern Tyrol, Italy). He is a Europe, European enlargement and graduate of the Law autonomy models. In 2011 Sergiu co-edited Faculty of University of a volume on “Practice of Minority Bucharest (Romania) and holds a Master Protection in Central Europe”. Based on a degree in European Studies from University two-year research project, this book tries to of Graz (Austria). Before joining the team of identify best practices of minority protection the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen, in Central Europe, while at the same time he worked as governmental expert within studying, under which conditions such

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practices can function and under which measures is not recommendable. Sergiu is circumstances the application of certain an expert on the autonomy model of South Tyrol and has lectured in several post- graduate programmes on this topic.

MR.JAN DIEDRICHSEN FUEN Jan Diedrichsen has representing the Germany Minority at the been Head of Office for Danish Parliament and Government since the German Minority in 2007. In 2011 his office has been confirmed Copenhagen since for another four years. Diedrichsen has a January 2007 as well as seat in the Committee for minorities at the being Director for the Folketing (parliament) without being a Federal Union of Member of Parliament. In 2008 he also European Nationalities became Director of FUEN with residence in (FUEN) since October Flensburg, in the Danish-German border 2008. Diedrichsen was born in Sønderborg, region South-Schleswig (Germany). In 2011 in the danish-german border region North- Jan Diedrichsen has been elected vice- Schleswig (Denmark). He is a trained president for the international NGO and journalist and Head of Office for the human rights organization Society for German Minority in Copenhagen Threatened Peoples.

PROF. TATYANA DRONZINA UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA Prof. Dr. Tatyana Prof. Dronzina was a fellow of NATO, a Dronzina is a political fellow of a Special and Extended program of scientist. She lectures at CEU. She got a fellowship of Spanish St. Kliment Ohridski government for outstanding researchers. She University of Sofia, has been a director and coordinator of Carlos Tercero de various projects, most of them financed by Madrid University and EU Commission, USAID, Open Sofiety Granada University. institute. Her research field is security and Prof. Dronzina is also a terrorism. consultant of MA program of the National Eurasian University of Astana, Kazahstan.

PROF. DAVID GALBREATH UNIVERSITY OF BATH David J. Galbreath is a Department's Director of Research. Dr. Professor of Galbreath is a non-resident Senior Research International Security Associate at the European Centre for and Editor of the Minority Issues. He has worked with the US scholarly quarterly, State Department, the UK Foreign and European Security. Commonwealth Office and the UK House of From September 2012, Commons Defence Select Committee. His he is also the current research focuses on force

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transformation, emerging threats and European and comparative context. changes in strategic doctrines in the

PROF. HANS GEORG HEINRICH ENRI Prof. Hans Georg Heinrich is currently working as a lecturer Heinrich is professor for empirical methodology at the School of emeritus of political Economics and Humanities in Lodz science. He has a (Poland) and is a Principal Investigator of background in empirical the Project "European, National and research, conflict and Regional Identities (ENRI-East)". He has a project management in track record as policy advisor for Eastern Europe and the international organizations and NGOs (UN, (Ex-) Soviet Union. Prof. OSCE, GTZ).

DR. JENNIFER JACKSON PREECE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Dr. Jackson Preece is the Advisory Counsil and the author of Senior Lecturer in numerous publications on the topics of Nationalism in Europe at nationalism, history, ethnic conflict, the Human Rights minority rights,irredentism, Department of London multiculturalism, secession and European School of Economics security, she will hold the Keynote Lecture (LSE). Being the at the ECMI Summer School 2013 on the member of ECMI minority definition issues.

DR. SCOTT JONES MIND THE GAP Scott Jones is a facilitator, Science), and is a registered nurse and trainer, researcher and mental health nurse. His main work areas evaluator for are:conflict analysis and management, governments, UN gendered aspects of conflict and agencies, European collaboration; programme and project institutions, research evaluation, project cycle management and institutes, NGOs, logical frameworks; strategic planning with businesses, and particular focus on diversity and change communities. He was resident manager of a management; natural resources conflict 4-year development project in post-conflict management – production and conservation Eritrea. Scott has worked as a nurse and issues, forestry, fisheries, mining, water, hospital manager in Europe, a volunteer wildlife, land management, protected areas, development worker in East African biodiversity; governance and livelihoods famines, and as a pilot after receiving a issues, especially those associated with Royal Air Force scholarship. He has a PhD strategic partnerships and community based in Ecology, MA (Education Management), organisations; sustainable livelihoods, with BSc (Anthropology and Environmental special focus on participation, inclusion and

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community empowerment; evaluation, broad development context. policy research and applied research in a

DR. ZOLTÁN KÁNTOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON HUNGARIAN COMMUNITIES ABROAD Dr. Kántor is a Director research interests are: Kin-state politics, of the Research Institute theories of nationalism, national minorities, for Hungarian ethnic parties, Hungarians in Romania. Dr. Communities Abroad Kántor is an editor and author of several and a Lecturer at books on nationalism, national minorities, Pázmány Péter Catholic and kin-state politics. His articles were University in Budapest, published in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, (Department of Political Spain, Japan, Germany, and Slovenia. Scinces). Holding a PhD in Political Science, Dr. Kántor studied in Timisoara (RO), Budapest (HU), and Edinburgh (UK). Among his

MR. KIRYL KASCIAN UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN Kiryl Kascian is a universities in Prague. He completed a researcher in the areas of fellowship in the German Bundestag. Kiryl European and holds an LL.M. in European and Comparative International Law from University of Constitutional Law. He Bremen and a diploma degree in is expecting to obtain his International Law from the Belarusian State PhD in Law from the University. Apart of his research, Kiryl is a University of Bremen. website editor of the analytical English- His research interests language quarterly “Belarusian Review”. focus on constitutionalism, Europeanization and interethnic relations in the CEE. Kiryl has been teaching a number of undergraduate courses in law and international relations in a number of

MR. FORREST KILIMNIK ECMI FLENSBURG Following graduation and Georgian Fronts, Forrest joined the from the Erasmus Mundus ECMI regional office in Tbilisi in April Master’s Course “Global 2010. Following his internship, Forrest Studies – A European collaborated with Tom Trier, director of Perspective” with his ECMI - Caucasus, and George Tarkhan- detailed thesis titled The Mouravi, co-director of the Institute for War of Laws: South Policy Studies in Tbilisi, in writing a Ossetia’s Movement for monograph on Meskhetian Turks and their Self-Determination Between the Russian planned repatriation to Georgia. From

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August 2010 onwards, he has has undertaken extensive schooling in the reconceptualized and redesigned the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Japan ‘ethnopolitical map’ project based at the and the United States with a concentration ECMI headquarters in Flensburg as the new on pan-European issues, particularly in interactive research website titled the Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Minority Map and Timeline of Europe former Soviet Union. (MMTE). Forrest is also currently a research associate at the University of Leipzig and

DR. JØRGEN KÜHL CHAIRMAN OF ECMI EXECUTIVE BOARD Dr. Jørgen Kühl is a, Denmark. He has published more than 250 historian and a founding publications on national minorities and director of the A. P. minority issues in the Danish-German Møller School. In past border region and the wider Europe. With Dr. Kühl held the the PhD dissertation on the German positions of: Director minorities in Eastern Europe and Asia 1917- and Curator of the 1993, his most recent four books in Danish Museam Danevirke, and German were published in March 2012 Director of the Danish analyzing the ongoing crisis in the Danish- Institute of Border Region Studies, Director German minority model. Since the end of and Head of the Department of Border 2012 Dr. Kühl is appointed Chairmen of the Region Studies at the University of Southern ECMI Executive Board.

DR. TOVE MALLOY ECMI FLENSBURG Dr. Malloy is a political inter-sectional discrimination. Dr. Malloy theorist by background has been called upon for expert advisory specializing in the opinions by local and national governments, political and legal the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the aspects of national and European Commission. She is currently a ethnic minority rights in member of the Advsory Committee on the international law and European Framework Convention for the international relations, Protection of National Minorities elected by especially in the the Committee of Ministers in respect of European context. Her areas of expertise Denmark.Her research has been funded by cover the major international organizations, the European Commission, governments and the European Union as well as individual private foundations. Dr. Malloy has countries. In addition to being Director at previously taught at the EU's Master ECMI, Dr. Malloy heads up ECMI’s Programme in Human Rights and research cluster Citizenship and Ethics and Democratisation in Venice, Italy, the Master teaches at the University of Southern in European Integration and Regionalism in Denmark and Flensburg University. Bolzano and the University of Bologna's Her current research interests include European Master in Peace-making and minority citizenship, agonistic democracy, Peace-building. She currently teaches a ethno-ecologism, minority indicators, and course on political theory as well as courses

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on minority issues in the joint cross-border well as on indigenous affairs issues. Dr. programme European Studies at the Malloy is the author of National Minority University of Southern Denmark and Rights in Europe (OUP, 2005) as well as Flensburg University. In addition to her numerous articles about minority issues. She academic career, Dr. Malloy has served in holds a doctorate in Government from the the Danish Foreign Service in numerous University of Essex (UK) and an MA in positions and represented the Danish Humanities and Social Sciences from the Government in international fora on post- University of Southern Denmark. conflict resolution for Rwanda and Bosnia, transition and development for Albania as

DR. ALEXANDER OSIPOV ECMI FLENSBURG Dr. Alexander Osipov is he was also a member of the Human Rights heading the Justice and Centre “Memorial” - one of the leading Governance Cluster at Russian human rights NGOs where he ECMI. He studied history coordinated the programme on ethnic and law in Russia and in discrimination. Currently his research 1993 defended a PhD thesis interests include ethnic and racial in ethnology in the Russian discrimination, non-territorial autonomy, Academy of Sciences cost-effectiveness of minority protection and where he worked for 17 years. For 14 years models of official diversity management.

DR. ZORA POPOVA ECMI FLENSBURG Dr Zora Popova Challenges, Rise of the Extreme Right in obtained her PhD Europe, Charismatic Leadership, Bulgaria degree from the and the European Political Values, etc. University of Bath, UK. Between 2008 and 2012 she worked as an The focus of her expert in the Unit for Alternative Prognoses, research thesis “The Analyses and Actions at the Administration role of social capital for of the President of Republic of Bulgaria. post-ethnic-conflict Since 2010 she has been an associate analyst reconstruction (Bosnia and regular contributor to the online media and Herzegovina)” is on the problem of re- for political, social and economic analyses building disintegrated societies. Zora ARGUMENTI.BG. Popova also has an MA degree in Cultural studies from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria (2000) and an MA degree in Southeast European Studies from the University of Athens, Greece (2001). Dr Popova has professional experience as a researcher and as a public policy analyst. She has been involved in number of research projects on topics like the New Security

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DR. EDUARDO J. RUIZ VIEYTEZ UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO Dr. Vieytez is a Doctor are related to immigration policies and the in Law and lecturer in rights of national and linguistic minorities. Constitutional Law. He Currently he is an Associate Professor in has taught courses in Constitutional Law and Director of the diverse European Human Rights Institute both at the universities and is a University of Deusto. Being the author of collaborator of the numerous publications, he is actively Council of Europe in the involved in the Project Management in the area of linguistic EU, CoE or Spanish governmental projects. minorities. His activities and publications

DR. MICHAEL SCHACK IHK FLENSBURG Michael Schack is a Southern Denmark. His main research Head of the Department interests were cross-border labor market of Cluster Development development, cluster development and and Cross-Border Co- European structural policy. He published on operation at the several topics including cross-border co- Chamber of Industry operation in Europe and conducted and Commerce in evaluations of behalf of the European Flensburg. From 2000 Commission. till 2006 he was Assistant Professor at the University of

MR. ADRIAN SCHÄFER-ROLFFS UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG Mr. Shäfer-Rolffs is a Introduction to Economy. His publications Research Associate and a include Special Politics for Minority Doctoral Candidate at the Political Participation in the Danish-German Department of Political Border and Paternalistic versus participation Science at University of oriented minority institutions in the Hamburg. With the Danish-German border region. academic and professional background in Scandinavian studies and Political Science, he is involved in a research project regarding the political participation of national minorities in German-Danish border region. Mr. Shäfer- Rolffs is involved in teaching at the University of Hamburg and is delivering a semester course in Minority Politics and

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DR. GIORGI SORDIA ECMI CAUCASUS Giorgi Sordia, PhD - involved in different projects of the Associate Professor at European Centre for Minority Issues the University of Regional Office in Caucasus. He is an Georgia, studies author of number of books and publications nationalism and on national minority civil integration and statehood in Georgia. general human rights protection. Since 2005 Dr. Sordia is

MS. SARAH STEPHAN ÅLAND ISLANDS PEACE INSTITUTE Sarah Stephan is a Sarah is a junior researcher within the researcher and project ELDIA project, an interdisciplinary research manager at the Åland project for reconceptualizing, promoting and Islands Peace Institute. re-evaluating individual and societal Her research focuses on multilingualism. the position of sub-state Sarah holds an LL.M. in Public entities within the International Law from University of European Union, the Helsinki and a Bachelor’s degree in development of self- European and Comparative Law from the government on Åland and territorial Hanse Law School of the Universities of conflicts in the South Caucasus. Moreover, Bremen and Oldenburg.

MS. HANNA VASILEVICH ECMI FLENSBURG Hanna Vasilevich is a Hanna holds M.A. in International Research Associate for Relations and Diplomacy from Anglo- the project on Belarus, American University in Prague and Master and the team member of of European Studies from Master the cluster Citizenship Programme in European Integration and and Ethics at ECMI Regionalism offered by the University of Flensburg. Graz and the Autonomous University of She is completing her Barcelona. During the latter, Hanna PhD in International undertook a research on Principle of non- Relations and European Studies at the discrimination and application of collective Metropolitan University /International minority rights: case of Belarusians in Relations Institute in Prague, on the role of Poland and Lithuania. Hanna also actively identity in state creation with a case study on participated in the social and cultural life of Belarus. Starting from 2009 she was a tutor the Belarusian Diaspora in Prague, assisting in several courses including Nations and in issuing Belarusian Review (English- Nationalism (MUP in Prague), Communism language quarterly covering Belarusian and Religion (Charles University), and problematic) and Kryvija (periodical of the provided regular quest lectures on Belarusian Diaspora in the Czech Republic). Belarusian nationalism (NYU in Prague). She also initiated the process to recognize

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Belarusians as a national minority in the well as interethnic relations and national Czech Republic (currently under minorities in the CEE region in historical consideration by the Czech Government). and contemporary perspectives. Her research interests cover national identities, ideologies, and state-building, as

DR. ANNELIES VERSTICHEL KU LEUVEN Dr. Annelies Verstichel is persons belonging to minorities to effective currently a guest participation in public affairs: content, professor at the Institute justification and limits". For this work, she for Human Rights, where was awarded the Mauro Cappelletti Annual she teaches a course on Prize 2008 for the best comparative law EU Human Rights Law & doctoral thesis. Before she had already Policy. She is also a obtained her Master's Degree in Law at KU diplomat for the Kingdom Leuven and an LL.M. as an Honorary of Belgium, currently Human Rights Fellow at Columbia Law working at the Belgian Permanent School. She has worked as a legal officer for Representation to the EU (Delegation to the the OSCE High Commissioner on National EU Political and Security Committee). Minorities in The Hague, Netherlands and as Dr. Annelies Verstichel obtained her PhD in a policy adviser on community rights and Law in 2007 at the European University human rights focal point for the ICR and Institute in Florence with as title: EUSR in Pristina, Kosovo. "Representation and identity. The right of

MR. JÉRÉMIE ZEITOUN ECMI KOSOVO Mr. Zeitoun began previously worked in the three main working with ECMI European Institutions in Brussels, including Kosovo in June 2012. He as a Programme Manager in the European is currently managing Commission. He holds a Masters’s degree in the “Support to Minority European Policies and Public Affairs from Communities during and Strasbourg’s Institute of Political Studies after the Decentralisation and is also graduated in public law. He Process” project, volunteered in several anti-racism and anti- covering the five newly- discrimination organizations in France. established Serb-majority municipalities and the region of North Kosovo. Mr. Zeitoun

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DR. JERNEJ ZUPANCIC UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLANJA Jernej Zupančič studied editorial board of a few reviews: Geography and History at Geographical Bulletin (Ljubljana), the University of Geographical Newspaper, (Bratislava), Ljubljana and continued at Treatises and Documents (Ljubljana), the same institution his Migration and ethic questions (Zagreb) and master and doctoral European Perspectives (Ljubljana). degree. He has worked for Zupančič is a member of: Association of different projects at Geographical Societies of Slovenia, Slovene Institute of Geography and Institute for Studies and of Slovene Emigrant ethnic studies in Ljubljana. The projects Association. He has also served as a leaded by him were targeted mainly to President of National Committee of migration issues, cross border cooperation Association of Geographic Societies of and spatial development of border-areas and Slovenia. Since 2006 Dr. Zupancic became a areas settled by minorities, as well as head of Professional Group on solving developmental strategies. Since 2010 he is a spatial problems of Roma-settlements, Head of Geography Department at the which was established as professional and University of Ljubljana. political body in frame of Ministry of His bibliography encompassed more Environment and Spatial Planning. than 400 entries. Zupančič is member of

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PARTICIPANTS

NAME: NASIBA ABBASOVA COUNTRY: AZERBAIJAN Professional Affiliation: Current: PHD at the Humboldt University Berlin; Previous: Master in East European Studies at the Munich Ludwig Maximilian University.

Professional Interests: South East Europe, ethnic minorities, language policy in Former Yugoslavia and its successor states, history of conflict in Yugoslavia, peace and democracy building, nation and identity formations and transformation processes in the Balkans.

NAME: CORINA AJDER COUNTRY: MOLDOVA Professional Affiliation: Current: Paralegal coordinator at the European Roma Rights Centre- ERRC based in Odessa, Ukraine, project on empowerment of stateless Romani individuals with skills to acquire personal documents. Previous: research fellow in ERRC in Budapest; BA in Law from University of Moldova and an LL.M (OSI/DAAD) from Europa-Institut, Saarland University in Germany. Professional Interests: Human Rights/ Legal Empowerment.

NAME: OULA ALNASHAR ALRIFAI COUNTRY: SYRIA AND USA Professional Affiliation: Current: Co-Founder and Project Manager at Tharwa Foundation, Washington, D.C, USA; Previous: Bachelor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park. Professional Interests: Political systems in the Arab world and the necessity of supporting civil society in processes of modernization and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa region by improving inter-communal relations; national minorities, their rights, border regions issues and territorial changes.

NAME: BLEDAR BASHANOVIQ COUNTRY: ALBANIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Member of the State Committee for Minorities in Albania- representative of Serbian-Montenegrin national minority. Previous: University of Nish, Serbia, Faculty of Law, 1995-2001 Lawyer; Regional Programme on Human Rights/ Raoul Wallenberg, Institute-Lund, Sweden Professional Interests: national minorities, author of different articles published in Albanian daily newspapers or web portals regarding minority issues and activities.

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NAME: LEVKE BITTLINGER COUNTRY: GERMANY Professional Affiliation: Current: PhH student at the Institut für Kulturanthropologie/Europäische Ethnologie (Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology) at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Previous: Master’s programme (German Magister Artium) at the University of Göttingen: Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology, Scandinavian Studies, German and Low German Studies; Freelance journalist for Flensborg Avis, Flensburg, Germany. Professional Interests: Cultural anthropology/ European ethnology, minority issues, Danish minority in South Schleswig.

NAME: ANDREA CEREVKOVA COUNTRY: SLOVAKIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Senior Lecturer at Department of Law and Criminology, Edge Hill University, UK; Previous: Graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom with a BA (Hons) Law with Accountancy and an MPhil in Law. Professional Interests: Property and language rights of minorities.

NAME: BJAERNI HENDERSON COUNTRY: UK Professional Affiliation: Current: studies 2nd MA in European Studies (Central and Eastern European Studies) at Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow, Poland; Previous: MA (Honors) in Modern History from University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Professional Interests: Modern History- Primarily modern Central and Eastern Europe.

NAME: ASTGHIK KHACHATRYAN COUNTRY: ARMENIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Analytical Journalist, PHD candidate at Armenian-Russian University; Previous: MA in Conflictology from Yerevan State University. Co-founder of initiative “Club of young conflictologists in Armenia” Professional Interests: Conflicts and political analysis, ethno-political conflicts, transformations of national identity, affluence of regional process in trends of conflicts.

NAME: JUDIT KLEIN COUNTRY: HUNGARY Professional Affiliation: Current: PhD student at the Andrássy University, specialized on minority media; filming a documentary on South Tyrol; Previous: worked for the German language radio service for minorities as reporter, editor and moderator; Head of Minority programs at Public Service Television. Professional Interests: Journalism, media, National minorities and media, their rights, the freedom of expression, the relationship in the media between minority and majority.

NAME: DORA KOMNEVOVIC COUNTRY: CROATIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Doctoral Fellow at the Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus Liebig University Gießen; Academic tutor at Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna – Forlì Campus. Previous: Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe. Professional Interests: International relations, cultural and memory studies.

NAME: FERDINAND KUNZ COUNTRY: GERMANY Professional Affiliation: Current: MA candidate in European Studies/ Border Regions Master of Arts / Science (Double Degree) at the University of Flensburg / University of Southern Denmark; Previous: BA in Political Science and Sociology from University of Mannheim, Germany. Professional Interests: European Studies and border regions, European integration, welfare regimes.

NAME: AFIFA LTIFI COUNTRY: TUNISIA Professional affiliation: Current: Tunisian youth activits and co-founder of the first Black rights’ organization: ADAM for Equality and Development; research assistant for the Finnish led research project:‘‘Youth and Political engagement in contemporary Africa;’’ writer at Urban Africa; Previous: Master in Cross Culture Studies in the Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis Professional Interests: Postcolonial studies, feminism and human rights.

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NAME: VICTORIA MARTOVSKAYA COUNTRY: RUSSIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Universität Flensburg, Germany MSc. European Studies (4th semester student) ; Previous: Master program 'Diplomacy of Russian Federation and Foreign Countries' at the Saint -Petersburg State University internship in the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2008. Professional Interests: International relations, political science, cross border regions, inter-cultural communications and cultural diplomacy.

NAME: DAVID MATSABERIDZE COUNTRY: GEORGIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Assistant Professor and PhD Candidate at Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political Science. Previous: MA in Nationalism Studies from Central European University. Professional Interests: Culture studies, Caucasus and East Europe Post Soviet era, ethnic minority issues in Post Soviet Caucasus, ethnic minorities and Post Soviet transition in the Caucasus.

NAME: MERITA MECE COUNTRY: ALBANIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Statistical Research Center & Information Technology of Albania. Previous: Terre des Hommes (mission in Albania) - Child Rights Organization. Professional Interests: Minority groups, Roma and Egyptian population.

NAME: TIJANA MIHAJLOVIC COUNTRY: KOSOVO Professional Affiliation: Current: Executive Director at Centre for Resources Youth and Media (CRYM) Coalition’s, Mitrovica North, Kosovo; Previous: Faculty of Philosophy, English Language and Literature. Professional Interests: Building peace and reconciliation in Mitrovica society, protection of minority rights, youth issues in north Mitrovica.

NAME: IRENA MNATSAKANYAN COUNTRY: ARMENIA Professional Affiliation: Current: PhD Candidate in European Studies at the faculty of Political Sciences and Philosophy, Leipzig. Previous: MA in European Studies from University of Bremen. Professional Interests: Security and conflict resolution in South Caucasus Region, EU’s Foreign Security Policy in the South Caucasus, EU’s external

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relations with Eastern Europe; International Organizations: EU, NATO, OSCE, UN and International Intervention.

NAME: ANDRÁS MORAUSZKI COUNTRY: SLOVAKIA/ HUNGARY Professional Affiliation: Current: Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Science - Institute for Minority Studies, Hungary - research assistant; Eötvös Lóránd University Faculty of Social Sciences, PhD School of Sociology, Hungary - PhD Student. Previous: Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Humanities, Sociology. Professional Interests: Roma integration, school performance, minority non- profit organizations.

NAME: HEIDI ÖST COUNTRY: FINLAND Professional Affiliation: Current: Doctoral Candidate at Abo Academy University, Finland; works in Aland Islands Peace Institute as a Researcher and a Head of Mediation Office; Previous: MA in International Human Rights Law at Abo Academy University. Professional Interests: Citizenship and voting rights in autonomous regions.

NAME: JAN OLIETE COUNTRY: SPAIN Professional Affiliation: Current: MA in European Studies at University of Flensburg; Previous: BA in Sociology from University of Barcelona. Professional Interests: Minority languages and protection, national identity, special interest in particular cases of Kosovo, Georgia, South Tyrol and Basque Country.

NAME: CONNIE ROBINSON COUNTRY: USA Professional Affiliation: Current: Senior Lecturer at Sociology Department of Central Washington University, USA; Previous: PhD, in Sociology from New School for Social Research, New York. Professional Interests: Nationalism, ethnic and nationalist conflict, globalization, democratization.

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NAME: RASHAD SHIRINOV COUNTRY: AZERBAIJAN Professional Affiliation: Current: Phd Candidate in Political Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen – Netherlands ; Founding member and Chairman - Youth Atlantic Treaty Association of Azerbaijan; Previous: Monterey Institute of International Studies – Monterey, CA Graduate Certificate in Nonproliferation, International Policy Studies; MA in Political Science and International Relations, Bogaziçi University – Istanbul, Turkey. Professional Interests: Democratization, foreign policy, elections, governance, security and politics. NAME: IVANA STANOJEV COUNTRY: SERBIA Professional Affiliation: Current: program coordinator and researcher for several organizations in the fields of ethnic management, youth and art in conflict transformation. Previous: academic bacground in Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK), and Sociology at the University of Belgrade. Worked four years for US based NGO’s that promote inclusive governance in ethnically mixed regions of Sandzak and South Serbia, through high level political dialogue. Professional Interests: Ethnic minorities, conflict studies.

NAME: GIORGI TABAGARI COUNTRY: GEORGIA Professional Affiliation: Current: recent MA graduate of the department of ‘EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies’ from College of Europe (Bruges Campus); Previous: MA in Social Sciences, joint degree from Tallinn University and University of Tampere; Media researcher on hate speech usage towards ethnic, religious and sexual minorities; Professional Interests: EU external relations, European Neighborhood Policy and Eastern Partnership, minority rights and LGBT rights within the context of the European Union. NAME: MALKHAZ TORIA COUNTRY: GEORGIA Professional Affiliation: Current: Assistant Professor of History at Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia; Previous: PhD in History from Tbilisi State University. Professional Interests: Historical discourse and collective memory in medieval and modern Georgia and on imperial legacies, ethnic minorities, regional conflicts and post-conflict reconciliation in post-Soviet Georgia.

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NAME: JASMINA TRAJKOSKA COUNTRY: MACEDONIA (FYROM) Professional Affiliation: Current: Teaching assistant at FON University, teaching political participation; PhD candidate at the University St. Cyrill and Methodius, Faculty of Law; Personal Assistant of the President of the Board on FON –University; Previous: MA in Diplomacy and IR. FON University, Skopje, Macedonia (FYROM) Professional Interests: Minority rights, European diversity.

NAME: ABE TSUZUKO COUNTRY: JAPAN Professional affiliation: Current: PHD candidate at Osaka University, Graduate School of Languages and Culture, researching about the German Minorities in Poland. Previous: MA from Graduate School of Languages and Culture, Osaka University. Professional Interests: German language and culture, German-Danish border regions, German minority in Poland. Masurian society in former East Prussian, EU’s general politics on the national minorities such as in Caucasus and Kosovo.

NAME: HATICE YAZGAN COUNTRY: TURKEY Professional Affiliation: Current: Assistant Professor at Çankırı Karatekin University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations, Turkey; Previous: PhD in International Relations (Dissertation Title: “Europeanization of Turkish Foreign Policy”) at University of Ankara. Professional Interests: EU politics, EU policies ESP, enlargement, Turkey-EU Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy.

NAME: GESA ZINN COUNTRY: USA/GERMANY Professional Affiliation: Current: Associate Professor of German Studies, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota, USA and visiting Professor , Aalto University-Mikkeli, Finland; Previous: Director, Masters of Liberal Studies Program, Ph.D. in German, University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Professional Interests: Gender Studies of Roma/ Sinti

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ORGANIZING TEAM

HANNA VASILEVICH, TAMARI BULIA, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR OF THE SUMMER ORGANIZER OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL 2013 SCHOOL 2013 Hanna Vasilevich is a Tamari Bulia is a Project Research Project Coordinator and Associate at ECMI PA to the Director at Flensburg. Please contact ECMI Flensburg. Please Hanna on any issues contact tamari on any regarding academic organizational issues contents of the summer during the Summer school. School. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

TINA GENEBASHVILI, INTERN ANASTASIA TRUBNIKOVA, INTERN

Anastasia and Tina are Interns at ECMI, currently helping in the Summer School organization. Ana and Tina will assist the guest speakers and participants during the Summer School. Please contact Ana and Tina for practical matters. Contacts: [email protected]; [email protected];

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WEEKEND PROGRAMME

SATURDAY: ISLAND TRIP

On Saturday ECMI organizes the daytrip to beautiful island of Föhr. One of the most picturesque North Frisian Islands of Germany, the island is located in North Sea and is one of the most popular destinations of tourists in the region. With the population of 9000, the island is a wonderful example of culture and language preservation. Called as the “Frisian Caribbean” island is famous with its beautiful sights, also with the interesting historical aspects and language diversity. Besides German, a major part of the population in the island speaks a local idiom of the North Frisian language known as Fering or Föhring. Fering is again divided into the two dialects of Westerland Föhr and Osterland Föhr.

During the trip the participants will get further information on the island during the guided tour around the center. They also will have a chance to enjoy local cuisine at the restaurant during the lunchtime followed by the free time.

Programme of the island trip TIME PLACE 8:00 Schiffbucke, meeting in front of the ECMI building and leaving Flensburg by bus 9:40 Arriving to Dagebull and taking ferry to Fohr island

10:30 Bus from Wyk to Alkersum

10:45 Arrival at Alkersum

10:45-11:15 Presentation on Minority Languages at Ferring Stiftung, delivered by Prof. Kai Faltings 11:15-13:00 Guided excursion on the island by bus. Guided by: Mr. Boje 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:30 Free time 16:45 Leaving Föhr to Dagebull by ferry

17:20 Taking bus to Flensburg

Around 19:00 Return to Flensburg

Please consider:  As the weather is very changing in this region, please consider the high probability of rain and strong wind, though dress accordingly.  The trip is arranged for 40 people. Due to the ferry schedule and already arranged excursion and rented bus, we will not be able to wait for those who are late.

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SUNDAY: FREE DAY SUGGESTIONS

For Sunday we give participants to decide what they would like to explore in the city or region. However, here are some insider tips:  Attractions in Flensburg city: In Flensburg you can visit numerous museums such as Phaenomenta, the museum of science, Museum of Art and History of the Region at the ‘Museum’s Hill’ (Museumsberg), Museum of the Ships (Schiffahrtsmuseum) or the historical shipyard. You can also enjoy visiting restaurants at the Main Street of the City (Grosse Strasse), such as Kritz, Café Central, Das Kleine Restaurant, Extrablatt, Café Min and many others. You can also visit Rote Strasse (Red Street) which is very near to Südermarkt. It is a very cozy little street with nice cafes and a Rumhouse. And of course, you can always enjoy spending the day having a walk in the Flensburg Harbor.  Beach in Flensburg: If the weather is nice, you can make a picnic at the beach. Flensburg has 3 beaches: Wassersleben, Ostseebad and Solitüde. It is prohibited to grill at Wassersleben, but two others are also very nice. To get to Wassersleben you need to take bus number 1 (Direction Krusau) and get off at the bus stop Wassersleben or Wassersleben Kurhaus. You will see the beach immediately. From there you can have a nice walk to Denmark. To go to Ostseebad, take the same bus or the bus number 7 (Direction Am Lachsbach) but get off at ‘Am Lachsbach’ and follow the Ostseebadweg to the sea. To get to Solitüde, take the bus number 3 (direction Solitüde) from ZOB and get off at the last stop.  Castle of Glucksburg: To go to Glücksburg, you need to take the bus 21 from ZOB. Alternatively, you can take a boat which will lead you directly to the beach. It is a more pleasant and interesting way. The cost of the boat is 6 eur one way and 9 eur for a round trip. You can walk to the Glücksburg Castle, one of the most important Renaissance castles in the northern Germany. The official webpage of the Castle is http://www.schloss- gluecksburg.de/ . It is possible to take an audio guide in English about the history of the region or just sit in the nice café in the yard. You can also visit the Planetarium and the Spa Center with swimming pools and Saunas.  Historical Monuments and Castle of Schleswig - town of the Vikings: Schleswig is a very nice town 20 minutes far from Flensburg. You can take a train or a bus to get there. The train station is 3 km away from the city center. You can enjoy the reconstructed Viking Village and Museum Haithabu (Ask your driver to let you off at Haithabu), or the Castle Gottorf, another major attraction for the visitors of the region. Two regional museums of Art are in one Castle. As well as the Castle Glücksburg it often hosts concerts and theater events. For more information visit the homepage of the Castle under http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/. Schleswig also has beautiful views to the ‘Schlei’, or a bay.  Trip to Denmark: If you want to use your day to go to Denmark, we would recommend you to take the bus number 110 and visit Sønderborg. The price of the ticket is 10 eur one way, but it is worth to visit the town and its University, and a typical Danish town center with its little houses and hilly streets. It is famous for its nature and history. Having served as an important spot of the war of 1864, it has 2 museums dedicated to the war. They include the reconstructed battlefield. For more information visit the webpage http://www.visitsonderborg.com/ln-int/sonderborg/visitsonderborg-turist.

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GROUP PROJECTS

On August 28 and 29 the participants will have time to work on their group projects. The participation in the group is a pre-condition to the certificate award.

Instructions  Each group will consist of 7-9 students representing different countries in order to provide wide range of examples coming from different countries and regions.  Topic and the group members are to be assigned by the Summer School administration and cannot be changed.  Summer School participants will have to do preliminary work in oder to summarize information from their countries and collect some examples in order to be able to make a presentation on the topic and actively participate in the discussion thereafter. A two-page summary of the main points and examples, based on preliminary preparations, have to be submitted to the Summer School administration (to be sent to Tamari Bulia at [email protected]) by August 19th.  The group work and presentations will take place on the last two days of the Summer School. Thus, on August 28th each group will have 3 hours to bring their expertise and examples together into one comprehensive presentation that will be performed on the next day, August 29th.  Each group will have 30 minutes for their presentation and 15 minutes for discussion. A PowerPoint presentation would be an asset.

Topics and group members:

1. Еthnic rhetorics in political elections Various mechanisms are usually used by politicians to mobilize political support in elections. Ethnic rhetoric is just one of those, but it can have a significant positive or negative impact on a society revealing existing issues, problems, and sensitive agendas. The lack of such rhetoric in ethnically diverse societies is also to be taken into account. Please assess the available data on the last 2 major political campaigns (parliamentary and/or presidential) in your country and provide examples of such positive or negative (or missing) rhetorics. Please look at the platforms of the major political parties (represented in the Parliament or currently raising), their messages to the public and the electoral promises. Please assess the ethnic (minority) discourse – is it positive, negative or missing (neglecting existing hot issues)? Please provide comments on the observed developments comparing either the last two election campaigns or the last and the up-coming one – what trends can be identified? 1. Abe Tsuzuko - Japan 2. Andrea Cerevkova – Slovakia 3. Ferdinand Kunz – Germany 4. Gesa Zinn – USA/Germany 5. Jaanis Balodis – Latvia 6. Jan Oliete – Spain 7. Judit Klein – Hungary 8. Oula Alnashar Alrifai – Syria/USA 9. Victoria Martovskaya – Russia

2. Educational system and minorities The relation between educational system and minorities has two aspects: education for minorities – impeded or enabled by the state, and education about minorities – how they are

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presented in the history books. Considering the fact that almost all European countries are heterogeneous in their ethnic composition and quite a few of those have recognized national minorities, please provide examples of how minority education is regulated in your country (e.g. Minority schools, education in mother tongue, culture classes, religious education, etc.). What is the role of state – positive or negative? How does the state support or impedes minority education? Please list the relevant legislation (e.g. Constitution, Law on Education, Law on Antidiscrimination) and provide examples of positive or negative provisions. Please also provide how minorities are presented in the history books, if applicable. 1. Afifa Ltifi - Tunisia 2. Andras Morauszki – Slovakia/Hungary 3. Bjaerni Henderson – UK 4. Connie Robinson – USA 5. Hatice Yazgan – Turkey 6. Heidi Oest – Finland 7. June Mary Rubis – Malaysia 8. Levke Bittlinger – Germany

3. Silent conflicts vs hot (discussed) topics in relation to minorities Quite often, the internationally reported and discussed problems differ significantly from the issues that societies are concerned with. Sometimes, the national political agenda also fails to address or deliberately ignores latent tensions and silent conflicts within societies. Please assess whether there is such discrepancy (between the public agenda and the real hidden issues) in your country and provide examples. Are there silent/hidden conflicts that are ignored by local politicians and society in general? Are there latent tensions that have a serious negative impact on society or that might become a powerful conflict-factor in the future? Please discuss reasons for the prioritization of some issues over others. Discuss the consequences that both types of conflicts (open and silent) had on your society. 1. Astghik Khachatryan – Armenia 2. Bledar Bashanoviq – Albania 3. Giorgi Tabagari – Georgia 4. Merita Mece – Ukraine 5. Nasiba Abbasova – Azerbaijan 6. Jasmina Trajkoska – FYROM 7. Malkhaz Toria – Georgia

4. Real & Imagine borders that exist in your country/society Establishment and collapse of two empire-like formations, the USSR and Yugoslavia, had significantly redesigned borders in the regions. Existence of two melting pots of Soviet and Yugoslav people had washed some mental borders away at the same time sharpen others. Please discuss and provide examples of the wide varieties of the borders, existed/established in your societies, focusing not only on the geographical and state borders, but more on ethnic, mental and any other that played important role in formation of your society. 1. Corina Ajder – Moldova 2. David Matsaberidze – Georgia 3. Dora Kamnenovic – Croatia 4. Tijana Mihajlovic – Kosovo 5. Rashad Shirinov – Azerbaijan 6. Ivana Stanojev – Serbia 7. Irena Mnatsakanyan – Armenia

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IMPRESSIONS FROM THE SUMMER SCHOOL 2012

Thank you for the great opportunity to be part of the ECMI summer school last year. I enjoyed the way the classes were structured by engaging different types of activities from basic lectures to more deep discussions, both in the University of Flensburg and the ECMI center. Minority issues are diverse and sometimes have diametrically opposite ways of solution, depending on the case. And it was very interesting to learn about this variety of cases from experts specializing in different fields and with a different backgrounds and of course the talented participants coming from countries almost all over the world, speaking all sorts of languages and sharing great ideas. Once again, thank you very much and all the best. Tynyshtyk

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CONTACT DETAILS

European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) Kompagnietor Building Schiffbruecke 12 D-24939 Flensburg

Phone: +49 461 14149-0 Fax: +49 461 14149 19 Web: www.ecmi.de

Emergency contact: Tamari Bulia Mobile number: +49 174 903 6 904

University of Flensburg Campus Auf dem Campus 1 Main Buidling (Hauptgebaude) Lectures take place in Room Nr: 239, Workshops: Nr. 235. D-24943 Flensburg

Hotel Ayun Wilhelmstrasse 1 D-24939 Flensburg Phone: +49 461 86080

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